Şükrü Ersoy (born 14 January 1931) is a Turkish football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

who played for

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzer ...

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Career

Born in

Kadıköy Kadıköy (), known in classical antiquity and during the Roman and Byzantine eras as Chalcedon ( gr, Χαλκηδών), is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district in the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey, on the northern shore of the Sea o ...

, Ersoy began playing youth football for Fenerbahçe. He would play for

Vefa S.K. Vefa SK is a football (soccer), football club in Vefa, neighborhood of the Fatih (Eminönü between 1928 and 2008) district of Istanbul. The team currently competing at Bölgesel Amatör Lig 8th Grup which is 5th level of Turkish leagues. Vefa S ...

and Ankaragücü before appearing for the Fenerbahçe senior squad. He finished his career with

SV Austria Salzburg SV Austria Salzburg is an Austrian professional football club, based in the city of Salzburg. The club was formed in 2005 by some supporters of the original SV (Austria) Salzburg after it was renamed FC Red Bull Salzburg by its new owners, who al ...

. Ersoy studied to be a football coach in Cologne, Germany and received his license in 1967.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ersoy, Sukru Turkish men's footballers Turkey men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers Vefa S.K. footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers FC Red Bull Salzburg players Living people 1931 births People from Kadıköy Footballers from Istanbul